A
SITE
HOSTED
BY
THE FRUIT FLY MANAGEMENT -
PEST MANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC PROJECT (PMP-FFM)
Sponsored
by the Australian Government (AusAID), the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
and
New
Zealand Government (NZODA),
and
executed
by
the
Secretariat
of
the
Pacific
Community
(SPC)

FEATURE
NEWS

Country visit to Pitcairn Island by SPC Biosecurity staff :Pitcairn Island was visited for the
first time by a SPC staff for a review of their biosecurity activities
including their fruit fly program. More on this in
Pitcairn Island country page.

Fruit Fly parasite, Fopius arisanus, establishing
well in French Polynesia :Since the introduction of Fopius
arisanus into French Polynesia in 2002, parasitization, to date have
averaged 50% and numbers of Oriental and Queensland fruit fly emerging
from fruits have been reduced by as much as 75%. More on this inFrench Polynesia country
page.

Samoa and Fiji Fruit Fly scientists attended and made
presentations at the Sixth Annual Meeting & Review of the Hawaii Fruit
Fly Area Wide Pest Management (AWPM) program:More on this in
Samoa country page and Fiji
country page

SPC/Samoa Quarantine surveillance program for South
Pacific Games 2007 : SPC
assisted Samoa's Ministry of Agriculture Quarantine Service set up their
surveillance system during the South Pacific Games, to prevent
unwanted introductions of exotic fruit fly species into Samoa. Full report available on
Samoa country page.

Pacific
island countries continued to learn from Fiji's fresh produce export
system : Participants
from around the Pacific that had been attending the IMPEXTEK (Import & Export
Technology)
training program in SPC, continued to visit and study Fiji's fruits and
vegetables export system to assist with their countries market access
submissions. More on this in
Fiji country page

Pacific fruit fly
surveillance program: The fruit fly surveillance program in the Pacific
involves establishing fruit fly trap sites in high risk areas,
maintenance and servicing of trap sites, regular clearance of traps,
documentation and reporting. The surveillance program for 22
Pacific Island countries and territories is reviewed annually.
For the latest information on the surveillance program (October
2007), go to Quarantine
surveillance in the Pacific Islands